Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog #39 Anything Goes!

Wow, the year is nearly over, can you believe it!? Well, time for another challenge over at The Crafters Cafe Challenge Blog and this time its one of your favourites - Anything Goes!

Given that we're about to get into December I thought I'd go with a Christmas Card. This week's sponsor is Eureka Stamps and I had a fabulous holly square to play with and I've kept it very traditional. Lots of red and green, some swirly embossing and a sentiment from Craftwork Cards. I have coloured the image with Promarkers in various reds and greens and added a green satin ribbon and bow to finish.

I hope to see you all over at the Crafters Cafe and look forward to seeing what you have made!
Mo xxx

Christmas Challenge at Crafting By Designs

Oh my it's almost December and that of course means closer to Christmas! And time for a new challenge at Crafting By Designs and this week we want to see your Christmas creations. We are being sponsored by Inky Impressions and I have made another Christmas Card with the gorgeous Nikki's Winter Wishes image that I used on a card a few days ago!

This time I have gone with traditional Red, Green and Gold and have made a 8x8" card rather than my usual 6x6" smaller square. As per usual the image is coloured with Promarkers and by coincidence I have also used Craftwork Cards papers on this one too! There are even some of my favourite paper flowers, candi and stickles! Scroll down for Monday's Love to Create post with a similar card in purple and lilac!

I hope that you like this version of the card, I love the Christmassy colours to this one, just shows that an image can be as versatile as you like - I think the lilac would make a lovely birthday card too!

Mo xxx

Challenge #93 at Love to Create - 3 Fav Embellies!

Time for a new challenge at the Love To Create Challenge Blog and this week we want to see your 3 favourite embellishments on your creation! We have the fabulous Inky Impressions as a sponsor this week and you could win some digis from there store so why not join us and have a go!

I have used the Nikki's Winter Wishes image and a very non Christmassy colour scheme! I've used purple and lilacs and coloured the image with promarkers to match the Craftwork Cards Bohemian papers.

My 3 favourite embellishments are - paper flowers, Card Candi and Stickles!

Hope you like! Thanks for looking and I hope you can join us for the challenge!

I will enter this into this week's Inky Impressions Challenge which is Hats, Scarves and Gloves - no hat on Nikki, but she's definitely chilly looking with her scarve and mittens!

Mo xxx

'No People' Challenge at Left of Centre

Time for a new challenge for this fortnight at Left of Centre and this could be tricky - 'No People'! We are sponsored by Meljen's Designs and I've been using the Pretty Poinsettia from their store so I went for a Christmas theme this time!

I've coloured the image using promarkers in various red and green shades and added Platinum stickles to the centre. The background card is embossed using a Sizzix folder and coloured with 'Evergreen Bough' and 'Fired Brick' distress inks applied with an ink blending tool. A bow and Craftwork Cards sentiment finish the card.

This is a very 'non' Left of Centre creation - but you know the rules, you can join us using the 'No people' theme or show us your best 'LOC' creations.... or both!
Hope you can join us for this one,
Mo xxx

Vintage/Shabby Birthday Challenge at Crafting by Designs

Oh dear, it's getting colder by the minute! Anyway, here's some birthday cheer!
This week the Crafting by Designs Challenge is sponsored by Lunagirl who have some gorgeous digital ephemera and art images for use in your crafting. I have used a vintage birthday card image to create a shabby tag!

I have used the Craftwork Cards Vintage Boho papers and a Vintage Chic paper bow. I've distressed the paper edges using the Tim Holtz distressing tool and added 'Old Paper' distress ink to the edges of the papers and bow. The tag is finished with a bit of lace and some Star Dust stickles.

I hope you will join us this week for the birthday challenge - a wee change from all the Christmas festivities this week! Check out the rules, a slight change in that you can now enter only 5 unique projects to the challenge. Hope to see you there!
Mo xxx

Christmas Fayre!!!

Well, for those of you who dont really know me here, as well as being a bit crafty and having this blog and doing stuff for some design teams, I'm also a mother of 4 and Secretary of my daughter's school's PTA! And we're having a Fayre! So as well as trailing around the town and putting up masses of posters and hopefully ensuring a great event with many people through the door, we want to raise as much money as possible for the school... but at the same time, I have booked a table and need lots of people to come through the door and buy from ME! lol

I thought I would share some of my work with you and let you see what I'll have on the day - a taster anyway! This may be pretty picture heavy, but hey, who doesn't love the pictures!

I should point out that all the items in this post have been created using various Craftwork Cards kits. The Christmas themed items are using the Christmas Post kit and there are a few candles using the Time Flies and Tea Dance papers and some with foiled papers from a previous Goody Box.

First up are some hand decorated Candles!  I've used papers, organza ribbon and Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Tattered Florals Bigz Die!

 The cellophane on the candles is actually bags for C5 cards tied at the top with ribbons.

 The butterflies on the next one are die cuts that came with the Time Flies kit.

The next two photos show some 6x6" cards using the Christmas Post kit and the Christmas Paper Bows pad.

 The 'JOY' letters are chipboard from another Craftwork Cards Christmas Kit.

Next up are some gift bags also using the Christmas Post collection.

 Here's a close up of one of the bags.

I decided that it would be nice to have matching tags! Just have to add some twine to these, i'm thinking just a natural twine rather than ribbons, keeping with the Kraft/natural theme.

And finally I have also made some 6x6" Wall Hangings. Here's a photo of one and I have a few more sitting waiting to be finished - using up the scraps that are left from the kit!!

I have managed to use all the papers, most of the sentiments and the die cut poinsettias from the kit and when the last couple of hangings are done, there will be nothing left!

Well, like I said, lots of photos today! Better get back to it and get some more things made. I'll be back tomorrow with a post for Crafting By Designs and I'm sure I'll have more crafty bits to show you later!

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Sketch Challenge #92 at Love To Create

Happy Monday Morning Folks! Another week closer to Christmas - less than 6 to go!! How scary is that!?
Anyway, to get you going today we have a Sketch Challenge at Love to Create and three amazing sponsors! I have had joy of working with Stamping Chef 'Speak no Evil' image - a Day of the Dead inspired Sassy and it was a great excuse to get some of my halloween papers back out, not that they ever really go away!

Here is the sketch if you want to play along!

I'm afraid when it comes to sketches... I am very much a 'exactly' type person! I try to add wee extras but pretty much the sketch is what you get! So here is my card. I've gone with a 6x6" square to change it up slightly! The image is coloured with promarkers and some Platinum Stickles. The sentiment and candi are Craftwork Cards and the papers are Echo Park's Apothecary Emporium.

Thanks for joining me this morning, why not pop over to Love to Create and see what the rest of the team have made for you today!
Mo xxx